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The Mock Turtle

Mock Turtles are mysterious personages, neither here nor there. Incidentally, I like ideas, islands, and illustrations of pretty things. Welcome to my Cabinet of Curios.

  • crystalmir:

    Don’t lie you heard the song in your head when you scrolled past these gifs.

    YES I DID

    BEST DISNEY MOVIE EVER

    I REGRET NOTHING

    (via geese-in-flight)

    Tagged: The Lion King light animals anthropomorphizations I REGRET NOTHING

    Posted on September 10, 2012 via Broken Thimble with 86,083 notes

    Source: brokenthimble

  • tastefullyoffensive:

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“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining board, which I have padded with our dog’s blanket and the tea cosy. I can’t say that I am really comfortable, and there is a depressing smell of carbolic soap, but this is the only part of the kitchen where there is any daylight left. And I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen house. Though even that isn’t a very good poem. I have decided my poetry is so bad that I mustn’t write any more of it.”

    tastefullyoffensive:

    [via]

    “I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining board, which I have padded with our dog’s blanket and the tea cosy. I can’t say that I am really comfortable, and there is a depressing smell of carbolic soap, but this is the only part of the kitchen where there is any daylight left. And I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen house. Though even that isn’t a very good poem. I have decided my poetry is so bad that I mustn’t write any more of it.”

    Tagged: I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith quotes animals i'm a nerd I REGRET NOTHING books are amazing this is why i'm an English major

    Posted on August 28, 2012 via Tastefully Offensive on Tumblr with 2,807 notes

  • Of course the Gaang reads Harry Potter.

    Kalliopestarmist:
    i know that we both appreciate how sokka is a watering can
    Me:
    sokka would cry at the end of HP book 5.
    Kallie:
    XD even i didn't cry at the end of book 5
    Me:
    sokka ships Harry/Luna
    Me:
    he likes her whimsy and also she reminds him of Yue
    Kallie:
    totally. katara ships hermione/krum
    Kallie:
    i know because i ship hermione/krum
    Me:
    aang ships ron/hermione and harry/ginny
    Me:
    toph ships ron/dumbldore
    Kallie:
    true stories
    Me:
    I think toph ships everyone with dumbledore. sirius black.
    Kallie:
    azula ships harry/draco
    Me:
    aahahhhahah course.
    Me:
    azula has a love/hate relationship with lucius malfoy.
    Kallie:
    ty lee ships lily/severus
    Me:
    mai likes Bad!Hermione
    Kallie:
    yes, she does. and evil harry?
    Me:
    she likes dystopia fics where everyone loses to voldemort. evil harry. angst.
    Kallie:
    yes yes yes
    Me:
    mind wipe fics where people forget who they're in love with. timeskip fics where everyone is brokenhearted.
    Me:
    zhao likes the dursleys.
    Kallie:
    and iroh?
    Me:
    Iroh likes fics with OCs.
    Kallie:
    oh, uncle
    Me:
    he likes those really long fics with really good OCs in them, the kind of fics that are 50 really excellently-written chapters and they're never finished. He likes the mauraders. I think he ships james and lily
    Kallie:
    i bet iroh doesn't *quite* get fanfic
    Kallie:
    he reads oc fics and leaves reviews that say things like "this is such a lovely story! what a charming young woman!"
    Me:
    he likes the Marauder era stuff because he wants to hear more about james and lily and fighting voldemort. he gets annoyed when the fanfic authors don't understand battle tactics.
    Kallie:
    zuko likes gen fics
    Kallie:
    (ursa, btw, ships sirius/remus really hard and spends a lot of time clearing her browser history)
    Me:
    she has printed out the PDF of The Shoebox Project and took it with her into exile. she cries at the end every time.
    Kallie:
    YES
    Me:
    also she ships Lucius/Narcissa, and feels really guilty about it.
    Me:
    she likes the ones where they get along. every so often she has to stop reading them bc they make her sad
    Kallie:
    zuko does the same thing
    Me:
    aww

    Tagged: fanfic geeking out with other people is awesome i'm a nerd I am incredibly witty Harry Potter avatar atla true facts Yes I REGRET NOTHING I made this I am proud no seriously what just happened

    Posted on July 8, 2012 with 4 notes

  • American Girl vs The Avengers!

    Drawing wild parallels is one of the things I do best… so without further ado, here are the Avengers and their American Girl counterparts, presented for your pleasure.

         

    Felicity Merriman is Steve Rogers/Captain America!  Of the whole crew of American Girls, Felicity is arguably the most American of them all.  She’s certainly the most Stars-And-Stripes-Forever, having lived during the American Revolution, so it wasn’t too hard to pair her with Cap.  Plus we all know Cap would look great in those elbow-length sleeves with the little ruffles. 

     

    Kirsten Larson is Thor!  The Scandinavian connection is undoubtedly present, but there’s more to it than that.  Kirsten leaves the land of her birth and arrives in America.  Her best friend, who is like a sister to her, dies, and she spends a lot of time grieving.  She likes adventures, and food, and is generally a good girl who is loyal to her parents.  Also she almost gets hit by a buggy. 

       

    Samantha Parkington is Tony Stark/Iron Man!  Poor little rich girl!  Tony and Samantha both lost their parents at a young age, have issues with parental figures, and have a lot of money.  They’re both rather scrappy and get scolded by people when they come inside covered in scrapes and bruises.  They both like to help out the less fortunate, and they both have a fascination with cars.

        

    Molly McIntire is Bruce Banner/Hulk!  They both get carried away by anger sometimes, but generally they are nice, smart people.  They both wear glasses.  And they are the people who somehow, against all probability, hold their groups of friends together. 

      

    Josefina Montoya is Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow!  Um.  Natasha is foreign?  And Josefina is technically Mexican, because New Mexico hadn’t been annexed by the United States by 1824?  I think Josefina would look awesome in the Black Widow outfit.  Moving on.

    Addy Walker is Clint Barton/Hawkeye!  Now, everything I know about Clint’s backstory has come from fanfiction, but I am fairly certain that he grew up in a circus, and that means than neither he nor Addy had easy, settled childhoods.  Plus I like to imagine him as having grown up in the South.  He’s just good at hiding it.  Both he and Addy are good at blending in and hiding in plain sight.  And when they come North/join SHIELD, they get new outfits!

     

    Kaya (Kaya’aton’my’) is Loki! They both: get in lots of trouble, are super annoyed with their siblings, are occasionally boastful about their skills, and have great hair.  Kaya is the only American Girl who is not an immigrant, or descended from one.  Loki is the only Jotun in his family.  (According to my AG book, the origin story of the Nez Perce involves them springing from the heart’s blood of a marauding monster.  Cool, eh?)  And they both really love horses. 

    BONUS!!

    Kit Kittredge is Agent Phil Coulson!  Look at these faces.  They are as wholesome as apple pie.  You’d never guess at their hidden depths.  Or maybe you would, I don’t know.  They’re both optimistic in the face of giant setbacks—in Kit’s case, the Great Depression, and in Coulson’s, a group of super-powered individuals who mix like oil and water.  And Coulson would look fabulous in Kit’s hat. 

    Thanks to Geese In Flight, ELS, and KalliopeStarmist for their help with the list!  You guys are an inspiration.

    Tagged: Avengers American Girl books are amazing captain america geeking out with other people is awesome history I am incredibly witty Robert Downey Jr thor Yes jeremy renner loki tom hiddleston chris hemsworth Iron Man I REGRET NOTHING I made this I am proud chris evans scarlett johansson mark ruffalo Phil Coulson

    Posted on June 5, 2012 with 17 notes

  • Tagged: thor loki Road to El Dorado Fanart Divine justice Yes I REGRET NOTHING

    Posted on May 31, 2012 with 52 notes

  • texts-from-disney:

You know who looks better with a moustache?
Everyone.

Truer words were never spoken!

    texts-from-disney:

    You know who looks better with a moustache?

    Everyone.

    Truer words were never spoken!

    Tagged: mustaches Disney GPOY Yes I regret nothing

    Posted on May 26, 2012 via Texts From Disney! with 199 notes

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